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F. EVANS.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1. 1913..

1,324,444. ramme Dec. 9,1919.

UNITED swims imam OFFIOE- m1) EVANS, or srmmr, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB To 1,, EUGENE NEW YORK. I

MILK-BOTTLE HOLDER.

" hpplieation flled am n 7, "1918 Serial m5. 220,898.

- To all whom it'may' concern:

Be it known that I, FRED EVANS, residing at Summit, in-the county of Union and,

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Bot tle Holders, of which the following is a specification, A y .This invention relatesto. anew and improved milk bottle holder, and one of the objects thereof is to provide a holderof the class descrlbed adapted for'locking one or more bottles therein, irrespective of. the

height 'ofthe bottles.

, my. invention:

' tion; and

Another object is to provide a'pdevice of th s character of simple construction and which may be manufactured at a modicum of cost. i I I Other objects will be in part obviousv and m part pointed out in the course of the followin description. In t e accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of Figure l'is a, side elevational view thereof, showing the deviceadapted for supporttwo milk bottles.

, ig. 2 is a top plan view, partly in sec-' the similar reference characters refer to similar parts, the reference numeral l'indicates the base member of the device, WhlCh consists of a plate provided upon its periphery with a plurality of upstanding members 2, which withthe base l'provide a socket, adapted, to receive a bottle3. Suitably fixed in a socket provided to one side of the base member 1 is an upright post 4 and slidably mounted upon this post 1s a bracket 5, comprising the plate 6 and the .peripherally disposed uprights. 7. This plate 6 is also provided with a depending cup-shaped. member 8 adapted to receive and engagethe upper end of the milk bottle 3. Slidabl, mounted upon the post 4 above the brac et is a second bracket 9. I This bracket consists ofa plate having a part thereof bent to encircle three sides'of the post 4, as 'sh own in Fig. '2, leaving the front face of post exposed; The plate Specification (it Letters latent.

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10 also provided with an tending ilug 11v to which is secured a cup 12 as by thei'ivet 13. The vcup 12 is shaped.

similarly to the cup-shaped memberfikhi lii is adapted to receive and engagethe upperf end of a second bottle: indicated at. 14.- Swiveled at 15.1ipon the platelO is a l everj 16, provided with aii opening .lfi'which when. the parts are in the position shown Figs. 1 and 2, lies in registry with an open{ ing 18 in the plate 10; "lheuinner endofl. the lever 16 is provided with .a longitudinal 'slot ada ted to receive 'a ;pi n;19 provided upon a coking member 20- whi'ch ii'si also swiveled, as at 21, upon the plate 10'; The

inner end of the lockingmember' 20v i s provided with anenlarged' portion 22 ,Which is 7 adapted to engage the vpost '4 when'the parts are in the position shown' in Fig yl andi 2 of the 'd'rawings,-and this enlargedportion 22 maybeprovided with teeth, as ati23, if desired. l-,5

Locking member 20 is swiveledjupbn the plate 10 at a point which is atff'a less jdis tance from the post than the'distance between'the pivot 21 to the inner "endof the lever, whereby when the parts are in the position shown the end 22 is held-forcefully in engagement with the surface othepost v 4,- by means of the lever16; This wedging action operatesto-glock the, bracket 9110 thepost 4 atany position in which it may be desired to lock the same, When the parts,

are in the position shown with the openings, 1

17 and 18in registry, the locking member 24 of a lock 25 may be inserted in said openings, thereby locking the, lever, 16 to the plate 20 and holding the locking parts in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 otthe.

drawings. A stop, as at 26',-mayfbefp r0-' vided "upon the post 4, whereby theparts which are slidably mounted uponth' post 4 are revented vfrom being removed'entirely 120m said post. i Referring now to Figs. 3 and}, a slightly different embodiment of'the -invie'ntion is shown in that the bracket 1 27, which corre-v sponds to bracket 9;, of the first described. embodiment, is provided. with .a laterally extending threaded shank 28. This shankioa 28 is provided W v ith amfarm, 29 shown s the drawings as being an' integral "part thereof. This arni carries. a cup;shaped member, similar to those above described,

' which is indicated at 301 Threaded intoithe ioo shank 28 is a screw 31, and fixedly mounted upon the outer end of said screw is an armmember of a lock may be projected therethrough.

The inner end of the screw 31 1s preferably pointed, as at 35, so that the same will engage with the post 4 when the arm 32, is moved into parallel relation with the arm 29.

The thread provided in the shank 28 1s what is known as a quick thread, or in other words, it is athread of a very high object, so that a slight angular movement between the arm 32 and the arm 29 will give the screw 31 considerable movement Within the shank '28; The screw is of such length that when the ar1ns 32 and 29 are in parallel relation it will have such a tight engagement with the post 4.- that-thebracket 35 will be locked in position upon said post.

Having thus described my invention, the operation thereof may now be understood. As will be obvious from the drawings, 'a bottle may be inserted upon each of the plates 1 and 6, and the bracket 5 may be lowered so that the cup 8 receives and en gages the up er end ofthe bottle 3, and that the bracket 9 may be lowered so that the cup 12' thereof engages the upper end of the bottle 14. This operation is, of course, efi'ected when the locking device 24 has been removed from the openings 17 and 18 of the lever 16, and the plate l0vand the lever 16 raised to release the locking device.

It will beunderstood that the person to whom the bottles are to be delivered leaves the device in an unlocked'position so that the delivery man can insert the bottles in position and then manipulate the parts so' that the bottles are held in position, whereupon he inserts the locking member as above described and snaps the lock. The person having the key'can then release the'bottles from their locked condition whenever desired.

A similar operation of the parts in Figs. 3 and 4 will lock and unlock the bottles in the device, the inner end of the screw 31 operating to frictionally engage the post 4 and hold the bracket 27 firmly against slid-- ing movement on the said post.-

While I have shown the construction as adapted to receive and lock two milk bottles, it will be understood that it maybe constructed to similarly operate upon'a greater number, and it will also-be understood that the device as shown by the drawings can be manipulated to lock a single bottle as well as two. This is accomplished by inserting a bottle-in the lower socket and then moving bracket 9 downwardlv until the cup 12 engages the upper surface of the plate 6. whereupon the locking device can be manipulated as above described.

It will accordingly be'iseen that I have provided a device well adapted to attain, among others, the objects above specified, in a simple and eflicient manner by reason of the. fact that the locking device is frictionally engaged by the upright, and bottles of various height can be securely and firmly locked in position.

' As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the following claims, it is intended that .all matter contained in the above description or shown in' the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

' Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, in

combination, a base member provided with a socket, a post carried by said base member, a bracket, a slidably mounted member upon said post being provided with a socket, said first mentioned socket and said second mentioned socket being adapted to engage respectively the lower and upper ends of a bottle, a second socket carried by said bracket adapted to support a bottle, a second bracket mounted upon said post having a socket adapted to engage the upper end of a sec- 0nd bottle. and means carried bysaid second bracket adapted frictionally to engage said post to lock said bracket thereto.

2. In a device of the class described. in combination, a base member having a socket,

a post carriedby said base member, a

bracket mounted to slide upon said post, said bracket having a pair of oppositely dis posed sockets, a .second bracket mounted upon said posthaving a downwardly disposed socket andmeans for frictionally locking said second mentioned bracket to said post.

3.' In a device of the class described, in combination, a base member provided with a post, a socket provided upon said base member, a slidable bracket mounted on the post provided with. a socket, each of said sockets being adapted to support a bottle and a bracket slidably mounted upon said post adapted to engage the uppermost bottle provided with means for frictionally locking the same to the post.

4. In a device of the-class described, in combination,, an upright post and a plurality of members mounted upon said post,

'each of which is provided with a socket adapted to support a bottle, and bnc of said members having a socket adapted to engage the upper end of a bottle, one of said members having means for frictionally locking itself to said post,- whereby another of 10 said bracket; one of which is provided with SaidJnembers, together with the interposed means for frictionally engaging said post, bottles, are locked in position. and means for locking said levers whereby 5. In a device of the class described, in such frictional engagement is established combination, a base member having a socket, with the post and the bracket locked thereto. 5' an upright post carried by said base mem- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 15 bel', saidsocket being adapted to support a in the presence of two witnesses; v bottle, abracket carried by said post having FRED EVANS.

a socket ada ted to receive the upper end of Witnesses: a bottle, an a pair of levers mounted upon L. ANDREW RoYER, J12,

EMMA WEINBERG. 

